Oil-reservoir



H. M. BOE.

0|L RESERVOIRJ APPLICATION ElLED 00125. 1912.

1,336,983. Patented Apr. 13, 1926.

//Vl/E NT 0/1 HANS BOE HANS M. 130E, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

OIL-RESERVOIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 1920.

Application filed October 25, 1917. Serial No. 198,487.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, I'IANS M. B012, a citizen of the United States, resident of Minneapolis, county of 'Hennepin, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Reservoirs, of which the following is a specification.

My inventionrelates to reservoirs for dis pensing motor oils, semi-fluid transmission lubricants and the like and the object of the invention is to provide a convenient means for moving the reservoir from place to place which, in addition to its function of a truck, will also so brace and strengthen the heads of the wood or steel barrel used as a reservoir that it will successfully resist any necessary internal pressure to which it may be subjected for the purpose of forcing the oil or other lubricant from the reservoir to a dispensing tank.

Other objects of the inventionv will appear from the following detailed description.

The invention consists generally in Va rious constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a sheet metal barrel with the dispensing apparatus mounted thereon, a portion of the walls of the barrel and the dispensing apparatus being broken away,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1,

Fig. a is a detail sectional view, showing the manner of bracing the bottom of the barrel or tank from the lower spider,

Fig. 5 is a detail view showing a modifled means for connecting the dispensing tank with the reservoir.

In the drawing, 2 represents a sheet metal barrel having aiianged lower end 3 and a head 4. 5 is a spider provided with radiating arms on which the flange 3 is seated, said arms projecting beyond the walls of the barrel and provided with a series of caster wheels 6 to rest and roll upon the floor and allow the barrel to be conveniently moved from place to place. This spider is also provided with a disk 7 which is seated against the underside of the head 4 and is clamped securely thereon by a series of set screws 8 mounted in said spider. This plate operates to reinforce or strengthen the head of the barrel and prevent it from being bulged out or broken by the pressure within. A second spider 9 is provided to rest upon the top of the barrel and its radiating arms have longitudinal slots 10 therein opposite corresponding slots 11 in the arms of the spider at the bottom of the barrel, and rods 12 are inserted through these slots and are provided with turn buckles 13 by means of which the rods may be tightened and the spiders clamped securely. The upper spider has disk ll corresponding substantially to the one described, with set screws 15 for clamping the disk against the barrel head. W' hen these disks are in place, and the rods connecting the spiders are tightened, the barrel will be securely braced and its heads will withstand any pressure which may be applied to the interior of the barrel for the purpose of discharging the oil therefrom.

By providing the slots in the spider arms I am able to adapt them to reservoirs of different diameter the rods being pushed up against the walls of the barrel and secured.

A dispensing tank 16 is mounted on the top of the barrel, preferably by means of a bracket 17 secured in slots 18 in one arm of the spider by means of bolts'19. A pipe 20 extends from the bottom of the barrel up around the adjacent spider arm to the bottom of the tank 16 and has an air valve 21 and pressure gage 22 and a regulating valve 23 by means of which the flow of oil from the barrel to the tank may be controlled. The tank also has a discharge hose 24 and is equipped with a piston 25 and indicating device 26 by means of which the amount of oil dispensed from the tank can be ascertained. I make no claim to this piston in this application, as it forms the subject matter of a companion application herewith. The piston, having the function of a float, will automatically reset the measuring indicator as the container is filled through the aid of the air pressure applied to the reservoir or barrel. By providing the head plates or disks with the adjusting clamping screws I am able to adapt the spiders for different depths of the heads and by means of the turn buckles in the spider connecting rods I am able to readily adapt the spiders for different heights of barrels or containers.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a slight modification in the arrangement of the pipe leading from the barrel to the tank, which consists in connecting it through the side wall of the barrel instead of carrying it down under the spider, as in the previous figures.

In various ways the details of construction herein shown and described may be modified and still be within the scope of my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a dispensing apparatus, the combination, with a sheet metal barrel adapted to contain oil and having compartively thin heads and walls and having means for ad mitting air pressure therein, of a lower spider seated against the lower head of said barrel, an upper spider seated on the upper head of said barrel, said spiders having arms projecting radially beyond the heads of said barrel, rods adjustably connecting the corresponding arms of said spiders at the top and bottom of the barrel, and said spiders having means for bracing and reinforcing the heads of the barrel.

2. In a dispensing apparatus, the combination, with a sheet metal barrel adapted to contain oil and having comparatively thin heads and walls and means for admitting air pressure therein, of a lower spider seated against the lower end of said barrel and having arms projecting beyond said heads, an upper spider seated on the top of the barrel and having correspondingly projecting arms, rods connecting the corresponding arms of said spiders for clamping them on the barrel heads, plates seated against the heads of the barrel and adjusting screws mounted in said spiders to engage said plates for clamping them on said heads.

3. In a dispensing apparatus, the combination, with a barrel or oil-container, having means for applying pressure therein, of spiders having radiating arms seated against the upper and lower ends of said barrel and having means for bearing on the heads of the barrel, said arms having slots therein and rods passing through said slots and connecting the opposite arms at the top and bottom of the barrel and having means for drawing said arms securely against the barrel, and said slots adapting said arms and rods for barrels of diiferent diameters.

4. In a dispensing apparatus, the combination, with a barrel or oil container, of upper and lower spiders seated against the heads thereof and having radiating arms and rods connecting the corresponding arms of said spiders, a bracket mounted on one of the arms of said upper spider and a dispensing tank carried by said bracket and having a pipe connection with the lower portion of said barrel.

5. A dispensing apparatus comprising a barrel for oil, bracing means seated against the heads of the barrel, a dispensing tank mounted on the bracing means at the top of the tank, and a valve controlled supply pipe leading from the barrel to the tank.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 13 day of October 1917.

HANS M. BOE. 

